Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China
This paper aims to examine characteristics of e-bike fatal crashes on urban highways in China. Crash data were retrieved from the three-year crash reports (2010–2012) of Taixing City. Descriptive analysis was conducted to examine characteristics of e-bike riders, drivers, and crashes. The important...
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| description | This paper aims to examine characteristics of e-bike fatal crashes on urban highways in China. Crash data were retrieved from the three-year crash reports (2010–2012) of Taixing City. Descriptive analysis was conducted to examine characteristics of e-bike riders, drivers, and crashes. The important findings include the following: (1) most fatal crashes were related to e-bike riders’ aberrant driving behaviors, including driving in motorized lanes, red-light running, driving against the direction of traffic, inattentive driving, and drunk driving; (2) e-bike riders with lower educational background tended to perform illegal or inattentive driving behaviors in fatal crashes; (3) most drivers were not found to commit any faults and very few drivers were found to commit drunk driving offences; (4) most nighttime fatal crashes were related to absence of street lightings; (5) heavy good vehicles (HGVs) and small passenger cars were the two vehicle types that were mostly involved in the e-bike fatal crashes. This study provides useful information that can help traffic engineers better understand e-bike safety in China and develop safety countermeasures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c07b97f3348240e58032ffb49adcbd0c2025-08-20T03:23:23ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/415237415237Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in ChinaLinjun Lu0Chen Wang1Tao Wang2School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaSchool of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaThis paper aims to examine characteristics of e-bike fatal crashes on urban highways in China. Crash data were retrieved from the three-year crash reports (2010–2012) of Taixing City. Descriptive analysis was conducted to examine characteristics of e-bike riders, drivers, and crashes. The important findings include the following: (1) most fatal crashes were related to e-bike riders’ aberrant driving behaviors, including driving in motorized lanes, red-light running, driving against the direction of traffic, inattentive driving, and drunk driving; (2) e-bike riders with lower educational background tended to perform illegal or inattentive driving behaviors in fatal crashes; (3) most drivers were not found to commit any faults and very few drivers were found to commit drunk driving offences; (4) most nighttime fatal crashes were related to absence of street lightings; (5) heavy good vehicles (HGVs) and small passenger cars were the two vehicle types that were mostly involved in the e-bike fatal crashes. This study provides useful information that can help traffic engineers better understand e-bike safety in China and develop safety countermeasures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/415237 |
| spellingShingle | Linjun Lu Chen Wang Tao Wang Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
| title | Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China |
| title_full | Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China |
| title_fullStr | Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China |
| title_short | Improving E-Bike Safety on Urban Highways in China |
| title_sort | improving e bike safety on urban highways in china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/415237 |
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